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FLAG. No. 330,099.- Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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WITNESSES: I u %ZIIEE TOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. EBER-SOLE, OF CANTON, QHIO.

FLAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,099, dated November 10, 1885,

Application filed June 1, 1885. Serial No. 167,365. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN M. EBERSOLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flags, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a side View. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of thimble, showing the staff inserted therein.

The present invention has relation to flags designed and calculated to be used for the purpose ofdecorating soldiersgraves upon memorial occasions; and its nature consists in the different parts and combination of parts here inafter described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings,A represents the body of the flag, and is provided with the usual number of stripes and stars, shown in their proper colors. The body of the flag is made of thin metal, such as tin or other suitable material. Upon the top or upper portion of the flag is located the card B, which is substantially of the form shown in the drawings, and is for the purpose of placing the name and rank of the soldier thereon over whose grave the flag is intended to be placed. The card B .may be formed with the body of the flag, or it may be formed separate and properly attached to the body of the flag. The body of the flag is provided with the thimble D, which is substantially of the form shown in the drawings, and is for the purpose of properly holding the flag on the staff E, as shown in the drawings. The top ofthe thimble may be provided with any desired 0rnament, such as shown, or of any other appropriate form. The top or upper end of the thimble D is closed, so that it will hold the flag A in proper position. The different colors and the name of the soldier may be placed on the flag A and the card B in any convenient and well-known manner.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, the banner or flag A, provided with any desired characacters or symbols, in combination with the card B,adapted to receive the name and rank of a soldier thereon, and the thimble D, all constructed and arranged substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimonythat Iclaim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. EBERSOLE. 

